Table 5.
Infections in pregnant women around Lake Awasa, Hawassa City, Sidama, Ethiopia, 08 April–08 May 2021 (n 333)
| Variables | Category | No |
|---|---|---|
| Suffered from diarrhoea in the last 15 d | ||
| No | 240 | 72⋅1 |
| Yes | 93 | 27⋅9 |
| HIV positive | ||
| Yes | 7 | 2⋅1 |
| No | 326 | 97⋅9 |
| Intestinal parasitic infection | ||
| Yes | 158 | 47⋅4 |
| No | 175 | 52⋅6 |
| Types of parasitic intestinal infections | ||
| Ascariasis | 55 | 16⋅5 |
| Schistomiasis | 29 | 8⋅7 |
| Giardiasis | 26 | 7⋅8 |
| Amoebiasis | 21 | 6⋅3 |
| Hookworm | 21 | 6⋅3 |
| Taeniasis | 6 | 1⋅8 |
| C-reactive protein | ||
| Negative | 166 | 49⋅8 |
| Positive | 167 | 50⋅2 |
| Currently fasting | ||
| No | 307 | 92⋅2 |
| Yes | 26 | 7⋅8 |
| Time of blood sample collected | ||
| Afternoon | 90 | 27⋅0 |
| Morning | 243 | 73⋅0 |
| Distance from home to healthy facility (minutes) | ||
| ≤30 | 252 | 75⋅7 |
| >30 | 81 | 24⋅3 |